It’s ok though since those women and blacks are conservatives and/or libertarians.

The flip side of that is people like Robert Byrd, Ted Kennedy, and Bill Clinton who’s actions were atrocious but they supported leftwing causes and they remain heroes to this day in the eyes of the left.

I don’t really care about the lawsuit, but there was a few blue check marked celebrities and business owners that were calling for violence against the kids. I draw a line there. While I didn’t like the way the media started the reporting with just a fragment of a video, most at least corrected it somewhat. My problem is with the Twitter celebs and important people calling for violence on kids.

They all share responsibility. If not for the lies the media ran with none of the rest would have followed.

They had a basic duty to verify the accuracy of the accusations before running with them and everyone with a pulse had a reasonable expectation of what would follow those allegations being splattered all over every form of media in the country smearing the kids and the school.

There all in a big rush to be the ones that break the big new story, remember how the Travon Martin news first started being reported and become such a huge story? It was portrayed as a black kid killed by a white man, I think it was MSNBC that even edited the police scanner or something like that.

You have of course zero basis in fact for any of those claims but I didn’t expect any better.

That actually applies to your assertion. There’s 0 provable damages that they will be able to demonstrate in court.

WildRose:

The lies spread by the media talking heads are directly responsible for those threats.

What claptrap. The people who made the threats are the only ones directly responsible for the threats.

I remember when alleged conservatives used to believe in personal responsibility.

But yeah, if that’s the route we’re going, there are a lot of Democrats, including Obama, who would have legitimate suits against Fox and some right-wing pundits for inciting violence. Hell, if this is the standard, Trump is going to be in trouble for inciting violence at his rallies and via the lies and insults he flings through Twitter.

WildRose:

Defamation/Slander in this case is a slam dunk, there was no basis in fact for any of the smears of these kids or the school.

Absolutely not. The 1st amendment prevails.

What will especially hurt the case will be that the story unfolded and outlets that covered it were quick to continue to share all sides as they came out.

Additionally, intent is going to come into play. That will be impossible to prove.